Effects of acid and aluminum on swim bladder development and yolk absorption in the fathead minnow, pimephales promelas, (journal version)

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5696311

Leino, R L; McCormick, J H; Jensen, K M

Thirty-day old fathead minnows were raised to maturity and spawning in a laboratory flow-through system using softened water at various pH and Al levels. Successful spawnings were reduced by more than 85% at pH 6.0, 5.5-25 microg/L Al+3, and 5.5, and absent in all pH 5.2 treatments. Hatching success, larval survival, swim bladder development and yolk absorption were reduced or abnormal when spawning did occur at lower pHs.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, MN (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5696311
• Report Number(s): PB-89-181416/XAB; EPA-600/D-89/077
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Pub. in Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 1607, 37-41(May 1988)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PH VALUE
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
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